Say you take your plug out and it is really balck,does that mean not enough air flow or something else??

 

do a google search on spark plugs and you"ll find some pictures of what it should look loke. Real black whould mean it's rich. It should have a black soot ring around it and a tan electrod.

 

Here are a couple links for you.

http://www.dansmc.com/Spark_Pl...rk_Plugs_catalog.html

http://www.verrill.com/moto/se...gs/plugcolorchart.htm


If you do a sparkplug chop (cut-away) then the base of the porcelan should be a medium brown.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: toddmh

Say you take your plug out and it is really balck,does that mean not enough air flow or something else??</end quote></div>

Yes, and yes. Yes in that it needs more air, yes it is rich and needs a smaller jet.
Go to the Arctic Cat forum and look for 'Air-jetting' it could help you without going to a smaller main jet.

 

Thanks guys ..

 

There is no such thing as too little or too much air. You control air flow with your right thumb.
Now; there is such a thing as too much fuel or not enough fuel for the amount of air running through the engine. This you will have to fix with a carb jetting change.